How To Install mailfy.py on Kali Linux

One-liner install command

For those in a hurry, here's a one-line installation command:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt -y install osrframework

But if you are interested in the detailed steps with descriptions, the following information is for you.

What is mailfy.py and what are the ways to install it?

Before beginning this tutorial, you will need access to a server or computer running Kali Linux. This guide was written specifically with a server running Kali Linux in mind, although it should also work on older, supported versions of the operating system.

Also, make sure you are running a regular, non-root user with sudo privileges configured on your server. When you have an account available, log in as your non-root user to begin.

There are several ways to install mailfy.py on Kali Linux. You can use (links are clickable):

In the following sections, we will describe each method in detail. You can choose one of them or refer to the recommended one.

Install mailfy.py using apt-get

First, update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt-get database, You can install mailfy.py using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install osrframework

Install mailfy.py using apt

Because mailfy.py is available in Kali Linux’s default repositories, it is possible to install it from these repositories using the apt packaging system.

To begin, update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, You can install mailfy.py using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install osrframework

Install mailfy.py using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating aptitude database, You can install mailfy.py by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install osrframework

How to upgrade (update) a single package mailfy.py using apt-get?

First, you will need to update packages index. Run update command as usual:

sudo apt-get update

Next, to upgrade only the mailfy.py, e.g. single package, you should use the following format with the apt-get command/apt command:

sudo apt-get --only-upgrade install osrframework

Note that this command will not install any new packages! If you wish to install the package if it doesn't exist you may leave out --only-upgrade part.

sudo apt-get install osrframework

How To Uninstall mailfy.py from Kali Linux

To uninstall only the mailfy.py package you can execute the following command:

sudo apt-get remove osrframework

Uninstall mailfy.py and all its dependencies

To uninstall mailfy.py and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, you can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove osrframework

Remove mailfy.py with all configurations and data

To remove mailfy.py configuration and data from your system you can run the following purge command:

sudo apt-get -y purge osrframework

Remove mailfy.py completely (configurations, data and all of its dependencies)

And lastly, you can run the next command to remove absolutely everything related to mailfy.py package, e.g.: configurations, data and all of its dependencies. Just use this command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge osrframework

Extra info and code examples

This package contains a set of libraries developed by i3visio to perform Open Source Intelligence tasks. They include references to a bunch of different applications related to username checking, DNS lookups, information leaks research, deep web search, regular expressions extraction and many others.

Conclusion

You now have a full guide on how to install mailfy.py using apt, apt-get and aptitude tools. Also, we showed how to update as a single package and different ways to uninstall the mailfy.py from Kali Linux.

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